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1. BENNY'S STORY by Lance Parkin Deep in the mines of Epsilon Minima, Professor Bernice Summerfield is up to her neck in it - as usual. The Countess Venhella has hired her to recover a lost Time Lord artefact: A TARDIS key, it turns out. Guess whose? 2. FITZ'S STORY by Stephen Cole On the planet Entusso, the Doctor and Fitz Kreiner investigate Alien Defence Incorporated - your one-stop shop for protection against extraterrestrial invasion! But which is the greatest menace: the hideous Vermin Queens or ADI itself? 3. IZZY'S STORY by Alan Barnes TARDIS travel opens one's eyes to a universe of possibilities, reckons the Doctor. For geek girl Izzy, it's also a fantastic way to track down ultra-rare back copies of 'Aggrotron!', the most dangerous comic in history... 4. MARY'S STORY by Jonathan Morris Switzerland, 1816: at the Villa Diodati, Lord Byron's house guests tell each other tales to curdle the blood and quicken the beatings of the heart. With a monster on the loose outside, young Mary Shelley isn't short of inspiration. BONUS EPISODE! THE COMPANION CHRONICLES: THE THREE COMPANIONS Cremation Point by Marc Platt: As the end of a world approaches, Polly, Ben and Jamie attempt to escape the Gathernaut. These stories take place after the 1996 Doctor Who TV Movie.